Sonny's Pizza
Chef Son Pham, with business partner Shakib Pasha, opened one of Hong Kong's few genuine by-the-slice, walk-up pizzerias, using a Naples biga method rather than a sourdough base: a salt-free yeast starter combined with fresh yeast for extra 'funkiness.' The Hong Kong-specific flavour is named directly rather than implied — the 'Kowloon Kid' slice uses Chinese preserved lap cheong sausage — which is the kind of locally worked-in ingredient this research run was specifically looking for.
Why it is here
Chef Son Pham, with business partner Shakib Pasha, opened one of Hong Kong's few genuine by-the-slice, walk-up pizzerias, using a Naples biga method rather than a sourdough base: a salt-free yeast starter combined with fresh yeast for extra 'funkiness.' The Hong Kong-specific flavour is named directly rather than implied — the 'Kowloon Kid' slice uses Chinese preserved lap cheong sausage — which is the kind of locally worked-in ingredient this research run was specifically looking for.
What to order
The 'Kowloon Kid', topped with Chinese preserved lap cheong sausage